On the evening of February 18th, there was a loud noise from Taitung. According to news reported by Taiwanese media, a loud noise came from Taitung City near the Living Water Lake at around 6:30 in the evening. Afterwards, fire and smoke emerged from the grass. Firefighters and police quickly dispatched a large number of rescuers to the scene. The Taiwan Navy said that an aircraft belonging to the military had crashed. This was the first time that the Taiwan military had crashed in 2021. There was an airplane crash. It is worth mentioning that February 18 is the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and on the sixth day of the first month, Taiwan Island has already resumed work. Only two days after the resumption of work, there was an aircraft crash in Taiwan’s military. , It is really embarrassing.
Although the crashed aircraft was deployed at the Taitung Zhihang base, it was not a manned aircraft of the Taiwan Air Force. According to the information learned by the Huanqiu Military Intelligence, the type of incident was the so-called " A Tengyun drone self-developed by the Zhongshan Academy of Sciences. The specific cause of the crash of this aircraft is not yet clear, but it is most likely caused by the failure of the flight control . The Tengyun drone is Taiwan Island’s self-developed multi-purpose UAV is also known as the Taiwan version of the Reaper UAV. It is understood that it can carry at least two AGM114 Hellfire anti-tank missiles, but in the incident At that time, it is still unclear whether the aircraft was carrying missiles.
The self-developed weapon that Taijima is proud of is actually a reverse imitation version, but even if reverse imitation cannot reach the strength of the MQ-9C, the main reason is that the tail of the aircraft In order to install the same type of aero engine as the MQ-9C Reaper UAV, Taiwan has spent at least NT$400 million, and the United States has only sold two TPE331s to Taiwan after approval. turboprop engine , and these engines are all produced by Australian manufacturers before shipment,The crash of the plane also cost Taiwan Island at least NT$200 million.
Although the Tengyun UAV has been born and has undergone intensive test flights, there is no doubt that more TPE331 turboprop engines are needed to achieve mass production. At the level of Taiwan Island, I think To complete independent production or reverse imitation, it is fundamentally incapable. Therefore, every time a drone is manufactured, it has to pay 200 million Taiwan dollars to the United States. It is no exaggeration to say that the return loss of a drone is not at all. Less than a manned aircraft.
It is not difficult to see that whether it is the beginning of the new year in 2020 or the beginning of the new year in 2021, there have been military aircraft crashes on Taiwan Island. These military aircraft crashes are related to the old equipment on the one hand, and on the other The improper operation of the soldiers is closely related, and under this dual role, the incidence of crashes on Taiwan Island has been relatively high. Text/Iris
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